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Hello Paul - 

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PW> Ttbomk, the maine coon cat for all it's size and other
PW> attributes, it's listed as felix domesticus just like any
PW> other house cat unlike the ocelot and some of the other
PW> more... exotic types. 

PW> The story I heard abt them is what got me interested in
PW> them aside from the fact that they can get as big as a
PW> medium sized dog. 

I had a cat that was the size of a dog but not a 'coon cat'. It
chased dogs out of the yard. 

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PW> One of the owners came up and told the cat this was a
PW> friend and to let them thru. The cat gets up, gives the
PW> person a sniff and a rub, and goes off on it's merry way. 

PW> All the attitude of a cat but the trainability of a dog and
PW> the family loyalty of a chow or german shepherd. 

Cats are as trainable as dogs, all cats are. The techniques are
a bit different but the results are much the same. AFAIK cats
are not the 'pack' animals that dogs are. They 'bond' with one
another but not necessarily a group. 

PW> Gotta like a cat like that. (ntm think of the surprise a
PW> burgler would 

I don't really like to see animals used as 'weapons' and I
consider overly aggressive animals in a peron's home to be
passive aggression on the part of the owner of the animal.
People who keep aggessive dogs in the home have had their small
children attacked when left alone with the child. A cat would
be even more unpredictable given that they are genetically a
predator unlike a dog which is basically a scavenger. 

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